Enlightened Business

  

Enlightened Business Schedule

October 2006 - Ethics
10/5 – Five Points of Ethical Effectiveness - Kathryn Alexander, MA – President and CEO, Ethical Impact, Inc. 
- Expert – Dr. Holmes Rolston III, is an author of many books which created the field of environmental ethics and winner of the Templeton Prize for his work on environmental ethics.

10/12 – Dr. Mark Pastin, Author of The Hard Problems of Mangement and President of the Council of Ethical Organizations The Ethics Edge and David Gebler.
- Expert – David Gebler, President of Working Values, is an expert in creating ethical cultures in organizations.

10/19 – Mike Hackworth, CEO of Tymphany, Thirty Years of Ethics- Former CEO and founder of Cirrus Logic, Inc., active participant in the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and now CEO of Tymphany, an audio products company, Mike shares his experience and wisdom i creating an ethical organization.

10/26 – Ethics, Integrity and Profit - Kathryn Alexander, MA - President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc.                                                                                           - Expert - Michael Dowd of The Great Story on Evolutionary ethics.

November 2006 - Culture
11/2 – Culture and Strategy, Kathryn Alexander, MA - President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc.

11/9 – Power, Politics and Culture, Kathryn Alexander, MA - President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc.

11/16 – Culture from the Start, Scott Tibbitts - Founder of Starsys, Inc. a company that makes products for use in  outer space. Scott shares his focus on Servant Leadership and its impact on the culture of his company.

11/23 – "Birds of a Feather" model and the Hidden Agendas in Culture, Kathryn Alexander, MA - President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc. This model describes the hidden needs that underlie culture, and how to manage them.

11/30 – Creating Culture, Debi Baydush and Ben Weaver of Baydush Simon Weaver, LLC - Debi and Ben share their journey in creating a culture of fun and innovation.

December 2006 - Values
12/7 – Protective Values, Kathryn Alexander, MA - President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc. This is one of two major systems of values that impact organizations in sometimes unanticipated ways.

12/14 – Effective Values, Kathry Alexander, MA -  President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc. This is the second of two major systems of values that impact organizations in sometimes unanticipated ways.

12/21 – Value Creation in Organizations, Verna Allee, MA - Author of The Knowledge Revolution and The Future of Knowledge and creator of the ValueNet™ tool. Verna shares her understanding of how knowledge creates value and why that's important to leading organizations.

12/28 – Saving the Corporate Soul, Kathryn Alexander, MA - President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc. A discussion of David Batstones book by the same name.

January 2007 - Systems
1/4 – Systems Primer, Kathryn Alexander, MA -  President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc. A lexicon of systems vocabulary and why these dynamics are important.                                                                - Expert - Barry Oshry, author of Seeing Systems, a corporate trainer and systems expert.

1/11 – Environmental Systems - Zero Waste, Dan King,  owner of the Boulder Outlook Hotel, the first zero waste hotel in Boulder, Colorado. Dan shares his dedication, reasoning and experience in making this happen.

1/18 – Applied Systems Thinking, Jill Janov - Author and semi-retired consultant talking aobut how she uses systems thinking in working with changing organizations.

1/25 – A Systems Look at Leadership, John Renesh - Futurist and former businessman, discussing the value of a systems approach to leadership.

February 2007 - Transformational Leadership
2/1 – Golden Flame of Leadership, Dr. Keith Merron of Avista Consulting - author and whole systems change expert discuss his research on leadership.

2/8 - Ethics of Leadership, James O'Toole - author of 14 books, including Vanguard Management, research Professor at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California and Mortimer J. Alder Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute. Jim talks about the ethical aspects of leadership.

2/15 – Social Entrepreneuring, John Sage, CEO of Pura Vidia Coffee - John shares his unique business model, a blend of non-profit and for profit. His business is designed to do good while doing well.

2/22 – Become R.A.R.E., Kathryn Alexander, MA -  President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc. Looking at leadership as a spiritual path and why that makes an impact on the bottom-line.

March 2007 - Change
3/1 – Rationale for Change, Kathryn Alexander, MA - President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc.  The how and why change is an integral part of strategy.

3/8 – Handbook for Change, Peggy Holman, co-author of the  Change Handbook - Peggy talks about the 61 methods documented in the book and how to get the most out of this valuable resource.

3/15 – Planning and Implementing Change, Jill Janov - author and seim-retired consultant, Jill talks about how to plan and implement a major change effectively.

3/22 – CEO's Perspective on Change, Karin Hoffman of AJ Images, Inc. - Karin shares her journey with a change effort that redefined her business and created immense personal growth.

3/29 – Values as an Impetus to Change, Gunther Weil of Curry and Weil - Gunther shares his values approach to change and why values are key to sustaining effective change.

April 2007 - New Science and Business
4/5 – Chaos and Complexity and Business Effectiveness, Kathryn Alexander, MA - President and CEO of Ethical Impact, Inc. Kathryn shares some of the aspects of chaos and complexity theory that have profound insight into business effectiveness.

4/12 – Quantum Business Applications
4/19 – Practioneer - TBD
4/26 – Chaos and Complexity Applied to Business

May 2007 - Innovation
5/3 – Author - TBD
5/10 – Strategic Issues
5/17 – Practioneer - TBD
5/24 – Culture and Design Issues

June 2007 - Truth Telling
6/7 – Author - TBD
6/14 – Conflicting Values
6/21 – Practioneer – - TBD
6/28 – Appreciation, Respect, Reverence

July 2007 - Environment & Business
7/5 – Author - TBD
7/12 – Interdependent Web
7/19 – Practioneer - TBD
7/26 – Zero Waste

August 2007 - Spirit in Business
8/2 – Author - TBD
8/9 – Cooperation versus Competition
8/16 – Practioneer - TBD
8/23 – Integrity, Morality and Respect
8/30 – Leadership from the Heart

September 2007 - Economics
9/6 – Author - TBD
9/13 – Complementary Currencies
9/20 – Practioneer – TBD
9/ 27 – Abundance, Prosperity, Greed

 

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

~ Henry Ford, 1863-1947, Founder of Ford Motor Company